Comparison of machine translation applications

A machine translation application is a program which can translate text or speech from one natural language to another. Machine translation applications are essential to the modern language industry. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

General information

Basic general information for popular Machine translation applications.

Name	Platform	License	Price	Latest stable release	Source availability	Notes
Asia Online Language Studio	Windows, Linux, Web	Commercial	Depends on configuration.	2.1	No	Language Studio is a server platform for mass scale translation designed as well as a set of desktop tools to aid in translation.
GoldenDict	Windows, Linux + portable to others	GPL v3+	Free	0.9.0	Yes	GoldenDict is able to display translations from dictionaries of Babylon, StarDict and ABBYY Lingvo therefore covering most widely spoken languages in the world
Apertium	Unix compatible Precompiled packages available for Debian	GPL	Free	3.1.1	Yes
WorldLingo	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware	Free	?	No	Uses both Rules based and Statistics based TEs
OpenLogos	Windows, Linux	GPL or Paid initiative taker	Free or not	1.0.3	Yes
Moses (machine translation)	Cross-platform	LGPL	Free	2008-07-11	Yes	Drop-in replacement for Pharaoh, features factored translation models and decoding of confusion networks.
Google Translate	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware	Free	Beta	No
Bing Translator	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware	Free	Final	No	Based originally on SYSTRAN
SYSTRAN	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware	Free	?	No
GramTrans	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware	Free	?	No
Promt	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware	Free	8.0	No	Rules based machine translation
SDL International	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware/Human translation	Free Automatic Translation / Human Translation 0.20$ per word	?	No
Babylon	Windows, Mac	Paid	Depend on license (from 34$ to 89$ for one license)	7.5.2	No
Web Lite SWeTE	Cross-platform (Web application)	Free Version	Free Automatic Translation / Human Translations also available	1.0	No
MetaMorpho	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware	Free	?	No

Languages features comparison

The following table compares the amount of languages which the following machine translation programs can translate between. (Moses allows to train translation models for any language pair, though collections of translated texts (parallel corpus) need to be provided.)

Language		Asia Online	Apertium	OpenLogos	Google Translate	Babel Fish	Bing Translator	GramTrans	SYSTRAN	1-800-translate	PROMT	WorldLingo
To English	Haitian Creole to English	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
	Chinese (Simplified) to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Chinese (Traditional) to English	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Spanish to English	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Japanese to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	German to English	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	French to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Welsh to English	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Korean to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Tagalog to English	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Italian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Portuguese to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Russian to English	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Dutch to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Arabic to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Polish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Swedish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Turkish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
	Persian to English	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
	Romanian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Czech to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Hebrew to English	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
	Danish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
	Finnish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Hungarian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Greek to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Catalan to English	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Norwegian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
	Serbo-Croatian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	?	No	Yes
	Ukrainian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Hindi to English	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	Yes
	Galician language to English	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Language		Asia Online	Apertium	OpenLogos	Google Translate	Babel Fish	Bing Translator	GramTrans	SYSTRAN	1-800-translate	PROMT	WorldLingo
To Chinese (Simplified)	English to Chinese (Simplified)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
To Chinese (Traditional)	English to Chinese (Traditional)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
To Spanish	English to Spanish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Russian to Spanish	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	Yes
	French to Spanish	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
	German to Spanish	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes
To Japanese	English to Japanese	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
To German	English to German	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	French to German	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
	Spanish to German	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes
	Russian to German	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes
To French	English to French	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	German to French	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
	Spanish to French	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
	Russian to French	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes
	Dutch to French	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	Yes
To Welsh	English to Welsh	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Korean	English to Korean	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
To Italian	English to Italian	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
To Portuguese	English to Portuguese	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
To Russian	English to Russian	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	French to Russian	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes
	Spanish to Russian	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes
	German to Russian	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes
	Italian to Russian	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes
To Dutch	English to Dutch	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	French to Dutch	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	Yes
To Galician	English to Galician	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Language		Asia Online	Apertium	OpenLogos	Google Translate	Babel Fish	Bing Translator	GramTrans	SYSTRAN	1-800-translate	PROMT	WorldLingo
To Arabic	English to Arabic	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
To Polish	English to Polish	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Swedish	English to Swedish	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
To Turkish	English to Turkish	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Persian	English to Persian	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Romanian	English to Romanian	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Czech	English to Czech	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Hebrew	English to Hebrew	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Danish	English to Danish	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
To Finnish	English to Finnish	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Hungarian	English to Hungarian	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Greek	English to Greek	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
To Catalan	English to Catalan	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Norwegian Bokmål	English to Norwegian Bokmål	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
	Norwegian Nynorsk to Norwegian Bokmål	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Norwegian Nynorsk	Norwegian Bokmål to Norwegian Nynorsk	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Serbo-Croatian	English to Serbo-Croatian	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
To Ukrainian	English to Ukrainian	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	No
To Hindi	English to Hindi	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	Yes
To Haitian Creole	English to Haitian Creole	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	?	?
Total (confirmed)		55	11	6	59	30	27	6	36	32	24	43

See also

• Machine translation

References

• Apertium wiki (list of language pairs and licence information)

• Bing Translator Language List

• Haitian Creole support in Bing/Microsoft Translator

Hindi to Punjabi Machine Translation System